It was nominated by Penguin for the 2011 Muslim Writers Award, also short-listed in the best unpublished novel category.

In March 2008, Jackson was the guest of honor at the Muslim Writers Awards in Birmingham.

Her first novel, Maija, won a Governor's Writers Award from the State of Washington in 1996.

Winner of a Governor's Writers Award from the State of Washington for her novel Maija (1996).

Farah is a devout Muslim, and an active supporter of the Muslim Writers Awards.

Bacho also won the Washington Governor's Writers Award for Dark Blue Suit a collection of stories.

Last month he won the United Nations Society of Writers Award for his "great contributions to the worlds of history, politics and literature."

The author has claimed that the novel was censored by the Muslim Writers Awards due to its controversial content.

Select winners of the Muslim Writers Awards have their work published at IslamOnline.

This literary awards program was established in 1967 as the Governor's Writers Awards.